NAME TP - M# SER - BLK - MF

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PHOTO CREDITS

RUPERT THE ROO II

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FO 44-48781 9 98 415 ~ D R0-3

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Color Image - Shown at Barksdale Global Power Museum, Bossier Parish, Louisiana
Restoration/Representation - "781" (#141) | RAMP TRAMP, The
LADEN MAIDEN (R) | LOUISIANA BELLE II (R) | RUPERT THE ROO II (R)

Contributor - Neil Van de Voorde

Info Contributor - Tom Brittan
To RFC Altus, OK, 7 Dec 45. To Spartan School of Aeronautics, Tulsa, then derelict Tulsa #141. Awaiting restoration, named The RAMP TRAMP. Restored and on open display at Eighth Air Force Museum, Barksdale AFB, LA, as LADEN MAIDEN (466th BG, 786th BS - U8 K). Repainted in 2001 as LOUISIANA BELLE II (44th BG, 68th BS). Repainted in 2015 in desert sand as RUPERT THE ROO II (42-73076 - 98th BG, 415th BS - D).

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